Internet Sites of Paranormal Interest - December 19, 2008

At Marta Acosta's Vampire Wire there is an interview with Meljean Brook author of The Guardians series (about angels, demons, and vampires). Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of the anthology First Blood. Hurry contest ends Saturday night, 12/20.

This interview kicks off Marta's new weekly feature, Vampire Chats! Every week she will have an interview and book contest.


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Evil Ways (Quincey Morris, Book 2) by Justin Gustainis. Solaris, December 30, 2008. Read an excerpt at Bookspot Central.com

From the publisher: In a story that ranges from Baghdad to Los Angeles, EVIL WAYS sees eccentric billionaire Walter Grobius attempt to unleash a devastating magical apocalypse. Quincey Morris and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain, are drawn into their deadliest case yet...

Black Magic Woman (Quincy Morris Supernatural Investigation) is book one of the series.

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Read the article by Jeri Smith-Ready, "When Characters Revolt" and enter a contest on Harlequin's Paranormal Romance Blog.

"Author Jeri Smith-Ready encountered a slight hiccup in her latest fantasy for Luna Books,The Reawakened (Aspect of Crow, Book 3) – a couple of characters whose forbidden passion took her by surprise! Read about these rebellious characters in this new post from Jeri, and leave a comment for a chance to win a FREE BOOK from her series Aspect of Crow..."

Smith-Ready is also the author of vampire novel Wicked Game
Pocket, 2008.

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Read an interview with Olivia Gates about her new vampire novella Mortal Enemy, Immortal Lover on Harlequin's Paranormal Romance Blog

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If you enjoy reading paranormal fiction (and of course you do otherwise why would you even be here?) check out Literary Escapism where you will find listed Excerpts Galore

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Thanks to alert reader Kate who found this story about vampire movies on Newsweek!
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Read a Christmas vampire short story The Third King by Lisa Kessler. You'll need to scroll down a bit to find it.

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Watch a trailer for Veil of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 5), Dell, December 30, 2008, the latest in the Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian.


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Random Minutiae has an interview with Raven Hart. Enter a contest to win an autographed copy of her novel The Vampire's Seduction (book one in the Savannah Vampire Chronicles) The contest runs until 11:59 pm Sunday, December 21st.

From the publisher: Southern aristocrat vampire William Cuyler Thorne and good-old-boy blood-drinker Jack McShane must protect Savannah's human residents from things that bite in the night—if they don't stake each other first. A ghost ship in Savannah harbor and a visit from William's evil sire Reedreck are harbingers of bad things to come.

Read an excerpt